The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 15, 1992
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
8:51 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 861
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 | 204.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 302.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.42° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.01° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.