The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 1991
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
11:43 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 848
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 | 66.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.68° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.28° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.22° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.