The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 1920
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
9:42 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -29
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 | 33.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 116.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / -1.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.88° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.96° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.