The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 14, 1980
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
10:40 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 711
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.67° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.62° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.