The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 16, 2010
Waxing Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
11:45 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1083
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -5.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.96° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.42° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.