The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 14, 2017
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1169
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 | 243.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -4.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.70° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.46° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.64° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| 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.