The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 2058
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
6:40 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1677
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 | 320.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.7° / 227.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 25.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.60° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.14° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.