The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 1930
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
12:34 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 94
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 | 248.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 12.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.71° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.61° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.22° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.