The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 1957
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 AM
12:01 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 426
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.80° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.60° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.