The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
1:55 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2902
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.6° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.50° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.16° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.