The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 2018
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
11:52 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1181
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 90.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.35° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.76° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.