The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 16, 1909
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
7:49 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -167
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 74.9° / 178.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 25.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.66° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.25° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.