The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 2071
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
10:19 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1837
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 | 227.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 278.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.55° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.21° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.