The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 16, 2017
Last Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
1:42 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1169
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 260.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.48° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.07° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.