The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 16, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
4:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3408
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.4° / 11.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -21.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.91° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.55° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.