The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
12:47 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 415
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 | 99.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.70° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.32° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.74° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.