The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
4:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1058
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 | 161.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.4° / 342.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -26.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.84° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.73° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.