The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
12:20 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1925
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 90.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -22.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.42° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.98° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.