The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 14, 1998
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 934
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 268.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -3.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.04° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.83° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| 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.