The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 16, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
3:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 823
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.7° / 13.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -27.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.35° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.52° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.