The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 14, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
3:01 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1057
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 | 135.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.53° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.79° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.