The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 2010
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
11:16 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1083
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 | 53.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 0.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.45° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.66° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.