The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 18, 1900
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
11:07 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -3.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.24° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / -6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.92° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.