The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
12:13 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2160
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 | 98.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -22.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.45° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.40° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.