The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 18, 2015
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
10:35 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1144
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 | 25.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.6° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.39° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.40° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.