The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 15, 1991
Waxing Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
11:17 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 848
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.91° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.64° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.46° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.