The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 15, 1914
Waning Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -104
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 | 288.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 27.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.61° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.98° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.