The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
2:13 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 649
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -12.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.63° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.18° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.