The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
3:12 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -117
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.0° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -28.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.52° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.03° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.