The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 14, 1953
Waxing Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
10:53 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 378
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 | 40.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 8.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.26° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.09° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.