The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
12:52 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -54
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 | 109.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 83.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.21° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.33° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.