The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 16, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
3:15 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 353
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 | 149.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.4° / 34.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.92° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.12° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.