The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
5:52 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1158
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.3° / 330.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.83° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.38° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.