The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 14, 1926
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
11:59 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 44
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 10.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.25° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.23° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.