The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 2164
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
6:02 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2987
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.5° / 219.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.01° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.36° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.