The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
1:36 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1257
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 | 125.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 77.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -28.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.97° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.36° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.