The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
5:09 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1664
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.2° / 320.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -23.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.44° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.14° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| 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.