The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 1954
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
9:14 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 391
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 | 209.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 299.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / 1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.41° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.62° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.