The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 14, 1999
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
10:21 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 947
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.85° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.38° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.