The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 18, 2044
Last Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
1:34 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1502
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 255.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 0.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.56° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.54° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.01° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.