The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
4:50 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1158
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 356.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.30° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.57° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.