The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 2117
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
7:45 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2406
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 | 201.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.34° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.80° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.