The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 1919
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
9:52 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -43
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -5.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.41° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.27° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.