The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 2009
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
3:35 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1070
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 | 285.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.83° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.98° / -6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.71° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.