The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 15, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
1:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 81
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 | 112.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -16.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.48° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.92° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| 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.