The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
12:24 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1131
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 261.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -3.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.87° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.79° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.