The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 14, 1942
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
9:33 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 241
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 117.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.57° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.25° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.