The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 2149
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
3:00 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2803
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 | 136.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 50.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -21.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.88° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.74° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.