The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 16, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
4:35 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1528
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.5° / 334.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.09° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.37° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.