The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 1991
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
12:50 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 847
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Venus gathered
All within 1.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / -0.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.57° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.04° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.44° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.