The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 2085
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
3:58 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2010
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 19.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.42° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.47° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.