The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 16, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
2:08 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1961
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 | 130.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.3° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -26.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.80° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.76° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.