The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 1980
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
11:42 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 712
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 | 50.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 93.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 7.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.10° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.45° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.