The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 1974
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
6:25 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 637
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 | 320.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.6° / 227.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 51m / 22.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.22° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.22° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.