The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
2:38 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3137
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 | 135.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 57.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.47° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.34° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| 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.