The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 16, 2142
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
4:34 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2716
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 | 295.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.33° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.49° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.