The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 16, 2100
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
1:25 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2196
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 78.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.58° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.15° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.16° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| 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.