The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 14, 1987
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 797
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 | 219.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.65° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.78° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.