The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
4:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 453
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 | 155.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.0° / 3.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.89° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.99° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.