The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 15, 1957
Waning Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
9:52 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 427
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -5.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.19° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.64° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.