The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1999
Waxing Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
11:05 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 948
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 | 51.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -1.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.15° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.28° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.