The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 2041
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
10:55 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1467
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 | 230.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.64° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.77° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.