The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
2:56 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1157
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 | 129.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.41° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.52° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.