The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 15, 1942
Waxing Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
10:33 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 243
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 106.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / 0.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.08° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.49° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.