The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 2010
Waxing Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
11:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1084
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 | 76.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 102.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.01° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.23° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.83° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.