The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 15, 1918
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
12:02 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -55
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 90.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -10.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.77° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.33° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.