The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 14, 2020
Waning Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
2:43 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1205
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 240.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / -1.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.39° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.03° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.