The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
1:05 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1021
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 | 102.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 80.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.49° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.92° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.