The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 14, 2002
Waxing Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 984
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / 9.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.21° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.22° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.