The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
11:19 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1132
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 | 238.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -0.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.81° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.02° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.