The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 15, 2026
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
9:53 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1282
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -2.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.93° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.07° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.15° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.