The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
1:26 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -253
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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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 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.40° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.60° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| 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.