The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 2109
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
11:27 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2308
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 | 236.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.47° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.16° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.