The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 1945
Waxing Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 PM
12:23 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 279
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 83.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 2.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.92° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.17° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.