The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 2015
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
9:12 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1145
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 123.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.92° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.23° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.