The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2050
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
7:13 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1577
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 | 334.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.7° / 188.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.80° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.23° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.