The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 2079
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
9:36 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1937
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 | 215.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / -2.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.30° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.19° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.