The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 16, 2158
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
11:32 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2913
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 | 240.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / 1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.81° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.43° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.