The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 18, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
3:10 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1490
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.3° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.01° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.58° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.