The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 16, 1980
Waxing Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
11:37 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 713
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 | 64.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -6.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.89° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.63° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.