The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
1:44 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1256
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 | 120.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -22.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.05° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.92° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.