The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 15, 2141
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
3:10 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2703
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 45.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.76° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.93° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.