The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 2015
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
8:30 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1144
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.7° / 138.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 16m / 17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.24° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.51° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.