The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 1944
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
7:03 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 265
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 | 334.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.9° / 186.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 16.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.15° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.99° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.