The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 14, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
5:33 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1095
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 319.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.40° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.35° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.