The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 14, 1975
Waxing Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 649
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.91° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.06° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.