The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 14, 1917
Waning Crescent
24.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
3:22 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.1%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -69
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 14.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.45° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.38° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.