The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 2003
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
7:58 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 996
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.97° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.44° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.