The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
3:17 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1255
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 | 139.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.3° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.08° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.16° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| 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.