The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
2:23 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1022
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 | 136.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 61.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -28.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.24° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.96° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.