The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1903
Last Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -240
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 50m / 15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.72° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.75° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.76° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.