The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 16, 2025
Last Quarter
45.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1269
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 25.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.00° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.21° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.