The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 1975
First Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
12:16 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 650
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -11.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.50° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.16° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.