The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 1918
First Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
12:29 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -55
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 86.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.67° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.11° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.