The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
4:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 724
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 | 162.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.6° / 344.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -20.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.46° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.11° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.