The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1915
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
9:36 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -91
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 | 58.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 117.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.58° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.13° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.