The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 15, 2093
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
3:54 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2110
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 47m / 18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.70° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.65° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.