The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 16, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
12:58 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 180
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 | 103.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 82.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.66° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.31° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.