The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 1996
Waxing Crescent
1.0% 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
7:18 AM
9:21 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 910
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.17° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.80° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.