The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 2011
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
6:38 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1095
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 303.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.56° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.16° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.