The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 16, 2098
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
11:01 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2172
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 286.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 5.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.98° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.18° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.