The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
1:31 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1021
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 | 114.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -19.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.79° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.71° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.