The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 14, 1994
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 885
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -5.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.92° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.58° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.