The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 1980
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
11:12 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 712
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 97.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.97° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.70° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.