The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 15, 2151
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
10:51 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2828
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / 0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.55° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.51° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.52° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.