The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 16, 1944
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
5:57 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 266
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.9° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.01° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.18° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.