The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 7, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
2:02 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1132
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 67.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.11° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.72° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| 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.