The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1942
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
11:06 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 243
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 | 54.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 101.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -3.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.30° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.26° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.