The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 2118
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
7:55 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2419
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.3° / 163.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 23.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.95° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.22° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.