The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 14, 1904
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
9:03 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -228
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.8° / 126.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 14.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.24° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.45° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.