The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 16, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
2:54 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 687
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 | 131.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.91° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.91° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.