The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 2002
Waxing Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
12:41 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 984
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 | 82.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 81.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -2.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.90° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.83° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.76° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.