The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 16, 2185
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
10:00 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3247
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 | 224.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.49° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.62° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.