The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 18, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
2:08 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1453
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / 1.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.09° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.38° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.