The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 16, 2038
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
6:13 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1429
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 5:57 AM, is deepest at 7:34 AM and ends at 9:11 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Uranus 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 | 182.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -22.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.45° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.76° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.