The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 15, 1914
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
1:25 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -105
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.63° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.17° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.