The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 16, 2079
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
8:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1936
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 | 208.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 278.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.99° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.63° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| 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.