The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 15, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
4:53 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2839
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.2° / 319.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -26.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.88° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.55° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.