The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 14, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
2:16 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 217
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.08° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.73° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.