The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 14, 1908
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
5:49 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -179
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.4° / 307.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.06° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.18° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.