The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
12:46 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 750
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.52° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.92° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.77° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| 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.