The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 1904
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
9:45 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -228
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 10.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.05° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.20° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.