The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 1901
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
8:18 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.4° / 141.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 14.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.49° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.08° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.