The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 2036
Waning Crescent
43.7% 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
12:42 AM
2:52 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1405
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 | 277.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 59m / 15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.86° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.84° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.45° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.