The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 15, 2180
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
2:58 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3185
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 | 280.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.45° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.06° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.