The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 2189
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
11:07 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3298
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 | 57.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.18° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.67° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.