The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1987
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
12:43 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 798
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 | 255.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 268.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 3.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.10° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.82° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.