The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Last Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
1:26 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1267
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.89° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.21° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.