The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 2099
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
8:55 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2185
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus 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 | 4.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.29° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.09° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.