The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 2037
Waxing Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1418
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 | 72.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.36° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.45° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.