The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 14, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
5:05 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1799
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.9° / 334.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -21.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.41° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.58° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.