The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 16, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
3:59 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1862
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 | 148.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 23.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.99° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.17° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.