The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1987
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 799
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 23.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.90° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.61° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.