The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 2100
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
1:43 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2197
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 | 127.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 74.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.47° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.59° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.