The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
12:51 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 650
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 82.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.38° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.94° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.