The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1906
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
5:14 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -203
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.50° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.89° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.