The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 14, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
1:29 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 452
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -11.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.76° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.13° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.