The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 1944
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
7:23 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 267
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 | 335.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.2° / 180.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.42° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.01° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.