The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 2019
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
7:35 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1195
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 | 192.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -12.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.02° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.21° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.