The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% 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
3:14 PM
12:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1591
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 | 100.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 84.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.53° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.37° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.