The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 1982
Waning Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
3:30 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 736
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 | 289.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 11.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.14° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.33° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.