The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
5:51 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2270
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.7° / 320.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.59° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.