The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 2045
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1515
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 86.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.66° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.14° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.