The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 16, 2004
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
8:59 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1008
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.5° / 130.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 27.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.52° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.53° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.