The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
4:59 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 822
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.9° / 310.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -27.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.93° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.