The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 15, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
3:12 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1862
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.9° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -16.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.16° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.36° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.