The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 2030
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
9:20 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1329
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -14.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.25° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.56° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.