The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 2040
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
12:12 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1454
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 85.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / 2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.44° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.38° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| 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.