The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 14, 1967
First Quarter
50.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
12:48 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.2%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 551
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 81.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.59° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.74° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.