The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1946
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
9:21 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 292
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / -6.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.70° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.03° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.