The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
3:03 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 785
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 | 130.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 52.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.05° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.76° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.