The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 15, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
1:17 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1256
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 79.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.67° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.13° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.