The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 1926
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
12:14 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 45
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.70° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.96° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.