The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 15, 1946
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
7:10 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 291
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 | 194.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -22.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.12° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.28° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.