The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 1926
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 44
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 | 62.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 86.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 6.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.10° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.99° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.