The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
2:10 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 983
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 65.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / 2.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.83° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.99° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.