The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 15, 2017
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
12:37 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1169
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 | 255.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 0.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.92° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.43° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.85° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.