The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 16, 1916
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
6:56 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -80
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -14.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.23° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.96° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.