The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 14, 2014
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
7:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1131
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -17.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.19° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.00° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.