The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 16, 2007
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
10:35 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1046
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 102.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.56° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.57° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.