The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1998
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
1:54 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 934
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 259.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 5.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.35° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.25° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.