The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 1938
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
11:05 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 193
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 | 230.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 8.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.98° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.61° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.