The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 2060
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
8:09 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1701
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.76° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.84° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.