The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 2078
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
12:21 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1924
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 | 75.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 85.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -0.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.05° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.99° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.