The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 18, 1923
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 6
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 88.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.83° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.09° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.