The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 14, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
3:43 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 489
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 | 144.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 33.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.72° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.11° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.