The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 2098
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
10:00 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2172
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 | 219.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 0.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.83° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.98° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.