The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
2:00 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -56
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 | 113.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -12.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.75° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.35° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.