The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 2068
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
10:42 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1801
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 | 225.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 7.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.48° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.17° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.