The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
5:16 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1861
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 | 165.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.8° / 340.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.45° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.42° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.