The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 1939
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
8:36 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 206
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 132.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.16° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.65° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 322.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.