The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 1950
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
10:04 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 342
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 | 37.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 111.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.86° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.94° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.