The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 16, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
1:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2531
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 | 109.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 76.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.95° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.40° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.