The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
2:35 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1962
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 | 137.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.1° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -27.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.15° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.19° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| 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.