The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 2050
Waning Crescent
3.3% 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
5:04 AM
7:11 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1578
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 | 339.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.3° / 173.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.86° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.81° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.