The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 16, 1919
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
12:13 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -42
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 | 243.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.42° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.02° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| 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.