The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 14, 1956
Waxing Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
12:40 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 80.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 1.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.90° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.64° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.