The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 14, 1928
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
6:54 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 68
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.1° / 217.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.62° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.04° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.