The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 2003
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
10:07 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 997
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 | 221.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -1.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.17° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.19° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.