The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 1922
Waning Crescent
39.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
2:39 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.1%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -7
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 3.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.30° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / 0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.05° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.