The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 1935
Full Moon
99.7% 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
9:28 PM
6:36 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 155
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 11:11 PM, is deepest at 12:59 AM and ends at 2:47 AM. Totality lasts from 12:09 AM to 1:49 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 298.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.46° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.06° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.