The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 18, 2037
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
12:31 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1416
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.46° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.48° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.