The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1914
Waning Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -105
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.51° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.40° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.