The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 14, 1979
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 698
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 | 236.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 265.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -13.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.26° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.38° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.