The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
4:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -17
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 | 158.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 357.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -14.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.64° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.36° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.