The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 14, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
2:17 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3172
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.63° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.39° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| 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.