The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 1995
Waning Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
12:21 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 896
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 262.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -3.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.77° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.98° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.