The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 14, 1979
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 699
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 | 246.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / -2.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.25° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.03° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.