The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 1952
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
5:57 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 364
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 | 317.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.1° / 233.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.54° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.31° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.