The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2039
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
5:17 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1441
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 240.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.72° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / 2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.75° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.