The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 16, 1999
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
11:35 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 947
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 | 46.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 9.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.30° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.40° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.88° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.