The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 14, 1987
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
10:20 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 798
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 | 229.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.18° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.41° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.