The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1900
Waning Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
12:37 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.29° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.92° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.