The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 1924
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
7:41 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 18
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 | 200.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.91° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.59° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.