The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1927
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
8:00 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 56
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 | 204.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.16° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.67° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.