The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 2194
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
8:13 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3359
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 | 352.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.3° / 143.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.24° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.28° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.