The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 18, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
4:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -19
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 | 160.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.3° / 353.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.06° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.37° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.