The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 18, 1927
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 55
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 | 220.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -21.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.32° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.40° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.