The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1268
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / 3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.62° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.43° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.