The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 2015
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
9:24 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1146
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 4.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.03° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.40° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.