The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 16, 2166
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
12:23 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3013
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 | 248.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 7.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.14° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.47° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.58° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.