The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 2120
Waning Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2443
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 272.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / 8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.59° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.00° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| 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.