The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 1953
Waxing Crescent
18.9% 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
10:42 AM
11:14 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 378
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 | 51.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 98.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.17° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.85° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.