The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 18, 1943
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
6:35 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 253
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.7° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.81° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.21° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.