The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 15, 2052
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
9:58 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1602
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.99° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.42° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.