The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 16, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
1:52 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 651
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 | 121.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.47° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.99° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.17° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.