The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 2006
Last Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
1:40 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1032
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -0.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.30° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.41° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.