The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 14, 2143
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
10:12 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2728
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 10.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.10° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.95° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.