The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 18, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
2:44 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 414
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 | 128.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -16.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.78° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.78° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.