The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 18, 1906
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
5:02 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -205
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.9° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.82° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.87° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.