The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
3:36 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -18
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 | 142.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 36.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.44° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.11° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| 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.