The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 1946
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 290
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 | 223.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.16° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.21° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.