The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 1916
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
8:16 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -79
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 | 210.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 312.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / 1.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.86° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.51° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.