The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 2030
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
10:14 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1331
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 | 220.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 6.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.57° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.