The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 14, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% 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
3:11 PM
1:31 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 687
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 73.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -10.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.84° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.32° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.