The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 18, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
2:17 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 748
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 | 100.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / 1.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.66° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.81° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.