The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% 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
7:31 PM
5:29 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 218
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 | 165.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 342.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.84° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.59° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.