The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 2018
Waxing Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
11:54 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1183
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 | 70.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.93° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.48° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.24° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.