The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
12:48 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 985
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 | 105.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -21.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.38° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.98° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.