The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 2000
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
7:27 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 958
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -21.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.52° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.58° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.