The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 1900
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
8:55 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -278
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 294.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -4.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.36° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.97° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.