The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 1993
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 AM
7:28 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 873
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 | 344.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.9° / 164.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.00° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.87° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.