The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 18, 1920
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
10:51 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -31
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 | 29.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.88° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.97° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.