The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
2:11 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1492
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 | 132.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.0° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -28.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.54° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.57° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.