The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2101
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2208
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 6.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.20° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.20° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.