The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 14, 1950
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
9:11 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 340
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.1° / 124.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 27.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.26° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.74° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.