The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 18, 1979
Waning Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
3:08 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 698
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 | 288.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 3.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.63° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.24° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.