The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 2045
Waxing Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
9:57 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1517
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -4.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.30° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.34° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.