The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 15, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
5:23 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 959
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.5° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.55° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.33° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.