The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 18, 2055
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
2:50 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1638
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 242.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 1.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.33° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.21° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.