The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
4:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 489
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 | 156.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.3° / 2.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.13° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.92° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.