The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 2143
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
11:11 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2729
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 103.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -12.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.43° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.87° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.