The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
2:01 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1727
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 | 130.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 71.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -28.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.82° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.97° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.