The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
4:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 218
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 | 153.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 8.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.24° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.78° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.