The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
2:14 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2296
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 | 123.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.19° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.00° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.