The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 18, 1934
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
12:34 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 142
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 81.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 6.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.55° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.63° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.