The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 1988
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
10:09 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 812
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 | 44.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 110.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.94° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.31° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.