The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 1903
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
10:49 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -241
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / 0.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.65° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / -1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.76° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.