The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
2:27 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 588
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 | 136.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -26.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.55° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.51° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.