The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 2148
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
9:39 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2790
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.9° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.31° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.04° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.