The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1938
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
10:10 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 192
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 | 224.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.19° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.06° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.