The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 2162
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
10:44 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2963
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.09° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.90° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.