The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 2128
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
10:08 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2542
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -8.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.54° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.19° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.