The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 16, 2085
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
5:01 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2010
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.0° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 22.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.38° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.70° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.