The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 14, 1947
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
5:35 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 303
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.4° / 240.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.22° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.60° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| 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.