The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 16, 2156
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
8:46 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2890
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.0° / 128.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.07° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.88° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.