The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
4:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 354
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.6° / 345.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -22.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.93° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.57° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.