The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 1989
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
5:57 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 824
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 9:20 PM, is deepest at 11:08 PM and ends at 12:55 AM. Totality lasts from 10:19 PM to 11:56 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 321.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.57° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.