The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 2097
First Quarter
54.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
12:55 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2159
Events on this date
-
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 81.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -10.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.67° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.65° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.97° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.