The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 16, 1945
Waxing Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
12:47 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 279
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 | 83.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 80.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.88° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / -6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.94° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.