The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 15, 1995
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
10:03 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 897
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 | 223.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.67° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.01° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.