The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 15, 2144
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
8:49 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2741
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -1.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.74° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.77° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.