The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 2195
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% 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
6:10 PM
2:29 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3372
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 60.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -25.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.65° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.75° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| 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.