The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 1960
Waning Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
4:24 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 465
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 | 296.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.74° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.67° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.