The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
2:25 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1589
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 62.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.73° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.17° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.