The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 18, 1908
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
9:24 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -180
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 | 236.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -17.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.44° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.30° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.