The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 1927
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
10:35 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 57
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 | 227.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 282.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / -0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.46° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.41° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.