The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 2090
Waning Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
11:38 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2073
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 6.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.98° / -2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.57° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.