The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 2047
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
4:58 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1539
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.8° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.12° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.87° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.