The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 18, 1942
Waxing Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 241
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 | 52.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 13.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.47° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.27° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.