The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
12:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -154
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.91° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.98° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.