The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
3:07 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 922
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 | 134.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.30° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.11° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.