The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
1:42 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 552
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 | 126.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 75.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -27.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.14° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.77° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.