The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 14, 1948
First Quarter
55.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
2:04 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 315
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 3.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.10° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.99° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.