The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 14, 1939
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
6:03 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 203
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.4° / 215.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.95° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.58° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.