The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
3:52 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1158
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.0° / 27.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.09° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.75° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.