The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 15, 2015
Waxing Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
8:54 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1146
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.9° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 7.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.12° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.65° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.