The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 18, 2010
Waxing Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
12:46 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1082
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 | 83.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 80.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / -0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.45° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.65° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.