The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 18, 1938
Waning Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 191
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 | 242.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.96° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / -6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.80° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.