The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 2057
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
8:42 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1665
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 291.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -8.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.04° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.78° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| 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.