The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
10:37 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1168
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 | 236.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -14.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.50° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.98° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.