The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 15, 1996
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 AM
8:45 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 909
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.5° / 132.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.31° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.95° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 7.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.