The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 15, 2098
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
8:04 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2171
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.14° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.22° / 1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.