The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
1:01 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 651
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 81.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -20.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.55° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.43° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.38° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.