The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
7:08 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1193
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -22.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.51° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.16° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.