The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 22, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
2:49 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1181
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 57.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -6.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.30° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.40° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.