The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 1954
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
5:43 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 390
Events on this date
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 7:09 PM, is deepest at 8:20 PM and ends at 9:31 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 311.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -21.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.34° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.69° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.