The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 18, 2060
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
10:20 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1700
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 | 235.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 260.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.36° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.79° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.