The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 18, 1987
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
1:46 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 797
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / -0.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.48° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.60° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.