The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 1963
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
4:50 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 501
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.0° / 240.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.93° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.76° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.