The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 18, 1973
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
8:27 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 624
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 | 210.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 276.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -18.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.85° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.39° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.