The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 2119
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
1:34 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2432
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 | 125.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 76.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.81° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.77° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| 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.