The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 14, 2012
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
5:23 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1107
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 20.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.75° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.36° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.