The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 2026
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 AM
10:16 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1282
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -8.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.14° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.91° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.