The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 16, 2031
Waning Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
7:21 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1343
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.1° / 166.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.72° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.24° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.