The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 18, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
2:26 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 179
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 | 122.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.9° / 63.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.25° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.56° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.