The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 14, 1918
Waxing Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -55
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -6.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.89° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.56° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.