The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1979
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
4:04 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 700
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.6° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.74° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.25° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.