The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
2:06 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -253
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.21° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.39° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| 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.