The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 15, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
2:31 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3272
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 | 123.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.28° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.16° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.