The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 2142
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
1:31 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2715
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 | 263.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 10.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.65° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.90° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.44° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.