The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1988
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
10:45 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 811
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 100.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.92° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.13° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.