The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1971
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
5:08 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 601
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 | 298.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 27.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.19° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.68° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.