The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 15, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
4:12 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1628
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 | 150.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.9° / 16.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.43° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.38° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.