The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 2091
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
8:59 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2086
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 126.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 10.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.69° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.66° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.