The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1903
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
11:47 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -241
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 | 257.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 3.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.03° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.95° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.98° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.