The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 11, 1998
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
7:29 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 933
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.9° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.14° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.59° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.