The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 2164
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
6:58 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2988
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 184.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.76° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.20° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.