The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 18, 2011
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
8:55 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1094
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 | 215.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -16.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.28° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.76° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.