The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 2052
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
12:09 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1603
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 280.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 8.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.02° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.18° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.