The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 2100
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
2:48 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2197
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 | 140.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.4° / 50.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.20° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.40° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.