The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2118
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
8:26 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2419
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.4° / 139.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.19° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.47° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.