The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 1941
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
2:46 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 230
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.93° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.63° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.