The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1993
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
6:48 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 873
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 | 330.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.9° / 195.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.63° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.62° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.