The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2078
First Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
12:42 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1924
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -6.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.02° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.77° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.