The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1931
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
10:11 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 107
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 | 39.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 110.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -0.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.01° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.74° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.