The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 2055
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
3:16 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1640
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 282.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 261.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.97° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.81° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.24° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.