The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1960
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
2:52 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 464
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.81° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.87° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.