The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 14, 2159
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
7:57 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2924
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.7° / 173.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.36° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.01° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.