The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 2060
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
10:47 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1702
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.38° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.58° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.