The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Waning Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
2:55 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1170
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 | 278.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 263.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.13° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.66° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.