The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 2107
Waning Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
4:13 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2282
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 15.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.24° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.13° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.91° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.