The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 16, 2003
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
11:08 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 997
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 | 233.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 3.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.49° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.38° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.