The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2135
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2630
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 94.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -22.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.52° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.01° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.