The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 16, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
2:47 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2233
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -24.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.66° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.34° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.