The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
5:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 216
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 | 163.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 345.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.71° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.58° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.