The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 2018
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
11:10 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1182
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 | 35.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 13.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.07° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.32° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.