The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 16, 1906
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
3:50 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -204
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 15.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.30° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.07° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.