The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2011
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
7:43 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1095
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 | 196.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 294.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.47° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.03° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.