The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 16, 1922
Waning Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
1:24 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -6
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 | 263.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 5.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.27° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.26° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.