The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 18, 1917
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
7:37 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -69
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 | 350.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 74.6° / 188.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 24.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.13° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.36° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.