The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
3:19 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 588
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 | 150.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.5° / 32.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -28.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.76° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.32° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.