The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 18, 1936
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
8:49 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 166
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 0.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.4° / 136.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 24.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.96° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.67° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.