The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2072
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
9:40 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1850
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.78° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.82° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.