The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 16, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
2:21 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 316
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.11° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.91° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.