The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 1950
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
11:49 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 340
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 | 34.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 87.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 24.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.26° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.94° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.