The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 2032
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
1:48 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1356
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 | 118.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.30° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.76° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.