The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1908
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
10:51 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -178
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 | 242.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 288.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 5.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.98° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.31° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.