The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 2044
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
11:26 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1503
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.30° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.59° / -1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.03° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.