The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 1944
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
6:39 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 267
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 | 324.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.3° / 213.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 21.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.16° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.77° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.