The Moon on this date

Moon on Monday, June 14, 2055

Waning Gibbous

73.5% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
E
Highest
34°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
73.5%
Age
19.1 days
Distance
399,000 km
Apparent size
29.9′
Constellation
Capricornus
Lunation number
1638

Events on this date

  1. Mercury at greatest elongation

    23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

Exact values

For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun242.04°
Phase angle61.92°
Illuminated fraction73.54%
Altitude / azimuth-10.6° / 260.0°
Right ascension / declination21h 53m / -14.18°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude325.66° / -1.30°
Libration in longitude / latitude2.68° / 1.94°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-58.33° / -1.15°
Position angle of the axis338.8°
Position angle of the bright limb71.2°
Apparent magnitude-10.9

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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