The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1992
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
8:03 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 860
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.83° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.44° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| 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.