The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 18, 1904
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
11:46 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -229
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 92.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.54° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.15° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.