The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 24, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
3:51 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1181
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 35.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -13.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.57° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.99° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.