The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 14, 1938
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
7:31 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 191
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 286.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.18° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.00° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.