The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 18, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
2:21 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 278
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 63.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / 1.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.90° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / -6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.17° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.