The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 1908
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
7:04 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -179
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.14° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.37° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.