The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 1977
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
8:17 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 674
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 | 352.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.5° / 144.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.22° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.13° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.