The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2135
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
12:00 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2629
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -0.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.33° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.81° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.