The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 2182
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
9:34 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3211
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 | 213.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 294.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / 0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.92° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.37° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.