The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2022
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
9:29 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1231
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.67° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.42° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.