The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
2:18 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1181
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 63.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -1.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.29° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.61° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.