The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 14, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
4:08 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 724
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.4° / 17.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.24° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.30° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.