The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 2136
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
11:33 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2642
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.28° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.56° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.