The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 1999
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
11:01 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 947
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.78° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.13° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.