The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1981
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
7:33 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 725
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 | 192.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -12.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.90° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.84° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.