The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 1983
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
12:19 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 749
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 | 71.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 83.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.02° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.33° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.80° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| 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.