The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
2:34 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2568
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.25° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.55° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.