The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 1911
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
11:21 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -141
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 289.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.76° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.93° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.