The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1953
Waxing Crescent
26.9% 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
11:41 AM
11:35 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 378
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / -2.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.02° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.61° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.