The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
12:45 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 885
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 82.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.02° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.13° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.