The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 15, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% 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
5:23 PM
2:53 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3037
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 55.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.53° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.74° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.