The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 16, 1928
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
9:03 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 68
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 | 352.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.2° / 129.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 25.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.77° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.55° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.