The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 1988
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
10:21 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 811
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 | 19.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 104.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.99° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.38° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.