The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 16, 1969
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
10:01 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -2.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.70° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.11° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| 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.