The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 2117
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
9:44 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2407
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 | 216.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -1.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.16° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.57° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| 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.