The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 18, 1954
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
7:55 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 389
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 | 205.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -20.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.20° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.61° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.