The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 2064
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
10:32 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1751
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 12.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.09° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.14° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.