The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
1:50 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 316
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 | 117.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.19° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.95° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.12° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.