The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 1969
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
9:41 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 577
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 | 27.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 3.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.19° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.35° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.