The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 2060
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
12:01 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1702
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 | 242.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.0° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 9.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.78° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / 0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.77° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.