The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 15, 1998
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
3:09 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 935
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 | 281.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.64° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.83° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.