The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 1961
Waxing Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
12:09 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 476
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 83.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 12.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.45° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.46° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.