The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 20, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
3:00 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -56
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 52.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.92° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.94° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| 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.