The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
3:27 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1058
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 | 150.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.1° / 29.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.86° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.92° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.