The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 16, 2090
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
10:59 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2072
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 274.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -3.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.93° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / -0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.99° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.