The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2072
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
10:15 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1851
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 110.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 1.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.46° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.97° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.