The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 14, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
2:17 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 216
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 63.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -5.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.33° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.37° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.