The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
4:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 688
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 | 155.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.3° / 4.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.59° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.17° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.