The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 18, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
2:26 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -155
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 63.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -13.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.75° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.23° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.