The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 2036
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
1:54 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1404
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 5.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.36° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.25° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.86° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.