The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 16, 2116
First Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
12:33 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2394
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 84.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -6.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.22° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.39° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.