The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2050
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
7:43 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1578
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 | 350.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 153.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 11.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.92° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.05° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.