The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 14, 1993
Waning Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
4:42 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 872
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.61° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.55° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.