The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 1957
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
10:49 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 427
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 | 232.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.05° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.85° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.