The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
1:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1826
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 77.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.36° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.59° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.