The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 15, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% 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
4:26 PM
1:27 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1726
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 78.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -21.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.81° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.76° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.