The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 1949
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
1:16 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 329
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 | 255.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.24° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.01° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.