The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 14, 1977
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
7:12 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 673
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.9° / 181.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 56m / 17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.58° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.21° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.