The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 1976
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
1:10 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 663
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 278.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 14.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.30° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.39° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.