The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 2069
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
7:26 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1813
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 | 344.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.1° / 163.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.22° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.62° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.