The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 1941
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
1:16 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 229
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 | 262.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 4.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.36° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.84° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.