The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1970
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
5:50 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 589
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 10:17 PM, is deepest at 11:23 PM and ends at 12:29 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.7° / 320.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.68° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.