The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 14, 2018
Waxing Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
10:01 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1181
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.3° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 20.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.43° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.26° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.