The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 1979
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
12:59 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 699
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 | 259.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 2.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.37° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.24° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.