The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 16, 2094
Waxing Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
11:38 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2122
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 92.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.67° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.08° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.