The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 18, 2068
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
9:16 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1799
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 | 218.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.84° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.18° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.