The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 2145
Waning Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
6:28 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2753
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.0° / 204.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 24m / 16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.13° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.37° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.