The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 14, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
2:20 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1157
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 | 118.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -13.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.36° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.73° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.