The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 18, 2026
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1280
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 | 49.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.83° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.33° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.93° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.