The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
12:37 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1220
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 | 103.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 86.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.55° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.17° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.