The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1908
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
8:20 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -179
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 | 219.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.13° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.56° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.