The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 2007
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
10:08 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1046
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 106.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 20.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.42° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.82° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.