The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 1999
Waxing Crescent
27.7% 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
11:58 AM
11:34 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 948
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 | 63.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.0° / 97.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -5.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.59° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.05° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.