The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 2038
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
8:14 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1430
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -10.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.05° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.99° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.