The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 15, 2002
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
12:13 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 984
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 | 69.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.60° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.99° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.