The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 16, 2021
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
12:34 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1219
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 | 80.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.54° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.95° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.