The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 2083
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
9:35 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1986
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 | 7.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 20.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.10° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.83° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.