The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 2059
Waxing Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1690
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 | 80.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -15.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.53° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.00° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.