The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 15, 2009
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
4:47 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1071
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.29° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.30° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.