The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 16, 2014
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1133
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 | 259.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.44° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.78° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.