The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
2:26 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 317
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 | 135.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.0° / 62.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -27.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.76° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.36° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.