The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 2128
Waning Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2543
Events on this date
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 39m / 10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.68° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.18° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.