The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 1974
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
7:42 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 636
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 | 338.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.3° / 178.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 15m / 22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.98° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.03° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.