The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 18, 2072
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
11:01 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1849
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.62° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.99° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.