The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 14, 2079
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
6:18 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1936
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -25.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.31° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.24° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.