The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 15, 2006
Waning Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1033
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 | 241.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -2.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.83° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.42° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.