The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 2059
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
12:04 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1689
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 86.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 4.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.16° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.80° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.