The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
12:34 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 280
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 | 97.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.54° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.15° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.