The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
12:44 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2901
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 85.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.65° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.16° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.