The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
3:21 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 317
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 | 146.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.6° / 33.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -26.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.93° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.16° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.