The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 14, 1922
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -6
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 271.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -1.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.62° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.83° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.