The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1949
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
12:26 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 328
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 267.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.55° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.45° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.