The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 18, 2076
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
7:26 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1898
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -24.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.77° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.58° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.