The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 15, 2173
Waxing Crescent
25.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
11:57 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.7%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3099
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.43° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.42° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.