The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 2094
Waxing Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
10:56 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2123
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 | 48.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -0.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.27° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.48° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.