The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 2145
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
5:26 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2752
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.4° / 232.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.65° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.53° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.