The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 2079
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1935
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 | 225.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 263.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.50° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.37° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.