The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 14, 1971
Waning Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
1:24 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 600
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 | 262.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 9.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.95° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.64° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.