The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 14, 1946
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
6:11 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 291
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -24.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.71° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.