The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
1:37 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1491
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 76.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -22.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.36° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.34° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.