The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 18, 2009
Waning Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
4:42 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1069
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 | 303.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 244.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.95° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.80° / -6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.50° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.