The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
4:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 254
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 | 153.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.4° / 9.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.21° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.72° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.