The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 2014
Waning Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
2:37 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1131
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.56° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.23° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.