The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
5:42 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 119
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 | 172.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 319.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.59° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.19° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.6° |
| 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.