The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
3:37 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -56
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 34.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -21.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.30° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.74° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.