The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 2053
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
11:04 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1614
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 | 31.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.45° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.79° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.