The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 16, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
4:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3038
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 | 156.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.5° / 358.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.54° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.75° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.