The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 15, 2048
Waxing Crescent
35.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
11:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.1%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1554
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 | 72.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.96° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.22° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.