The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 1909
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
8:17 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -165
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 141.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.17° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.93° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.