The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 2174
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
9:54 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3112
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.98° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.78° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.