The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 2129
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
8:57 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2556
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 126.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.47° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.26° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.