The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 14, 2056
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
10:31 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1652
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.83° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.95° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.