The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 15, 2047
Waning Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
2:46 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1540
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 16.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.35° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.85° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.