The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 14, 1998
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 933
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -14.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.82° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.18° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| 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.