The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 2031
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
6:49 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1342
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.1° / 205.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.37° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.41° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.