The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 1955
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
7:33 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 403
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.8° / 162.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.47° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.26° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.