The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 16, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
5:21 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 489
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 | 169.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.9° / 327.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.89° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.