The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 18, 1981
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
6:57 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 723
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 | 191.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 291.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -21.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.99° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.81° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.