The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 1916
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
9:27 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -79
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 | 223.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 305.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 7.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.00° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.70° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.