The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 2022
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
8:12 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1231
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -19.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.97° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.22° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.