The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 2021
Waxing Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
12:08 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1219
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 | 67.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.83° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.18° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.