The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 16, 1917
Waning Crescent
5.6% 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
2:49 AM
6:22 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -68
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.0° / 233.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 24.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.40° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.55° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.