The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 15, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
5:02 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1194
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 | 165.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.8° / 333.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.83° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.76° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.