The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 2001
Waning Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
3:46 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 971
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.38° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.66° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.13° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.