The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1990
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
5:58 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 836
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 | 309.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.6° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 15m / 26.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.43° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.73° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.