The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 24, 1918
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
6:10 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -56
Events on this date
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 5:45 AM, is deepest at 6:27 AM and ends at 7:09 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -22.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.07° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.84° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.