The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 2048
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
11:35 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1553
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 | 63.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -4.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.47° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.80° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.