The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 18, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
2:04 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1218
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.08° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.18° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.