The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
8:35 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1244
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 | 351.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.4° / 136.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.57° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.67° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.