The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 1924
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
7:27 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 20
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 303.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -11.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.20° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.