The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 16, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
12:57 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1590
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 | 97.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 80.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.65° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.94° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.