The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 18, 1949
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
1:39 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 327
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -2.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.65° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.23° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.