The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 2118
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
7:00 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2418
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.4° / 230.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 01m / 27.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.88° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.37° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.