The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2140
Waxing Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
9:58 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2692
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 | 45.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -8.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.94° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.51° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.