The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 2193
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
9:48 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3347
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / 1.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.81° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.21° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.58° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| 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.