The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 1995
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
12:01 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 898
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 | 242.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.55° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.77° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.