The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Waning Gibbous
92.0% 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
9:30 PM
9:34 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1096
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / 3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.98° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.79° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.1° |
| 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.