The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 2124
Waxing Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
11:38 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2494
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.04° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.39° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.44° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.