The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 2082
Waning Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
11:52 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1973
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / 1.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.58° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.47° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.38° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.