The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 2049
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
6:57 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1565
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 301.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.68° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.44° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.