The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 18, 1971
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
4:48 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 599
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 | 304.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.40° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.88° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| 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.