The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 16, 1971
Waning Crescent
34.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
3:52 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 600
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 | 288.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 20.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.20° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / -6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.09° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.