The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
9:08 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 996
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.43° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.63° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.