The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 1946
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
10:28 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 292
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 | 226.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 283.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / -0.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.31° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.22° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.