The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 16, 1933
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
4:20 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 130
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 | 294.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 21.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.72° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.71° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.