The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1976
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
12:14 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 663
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 | 244.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 282.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 11.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.50° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.18° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| 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.