The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 14, 1969
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
9:22 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 574
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.0° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 15m / 28.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.13° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.89° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.