The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 16, 2155
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
11:02 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2877
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 | 230.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 7.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.04° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.16° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.