The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 2009
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
5:46 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1071
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 | 307.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 25.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.69° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.53° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.