The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
5:42 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 724
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 | 173.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 316.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.88° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.91° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.