The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 16, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
3:16 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -252
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 | 150.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.54° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.65° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| 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.