The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 2080
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
10:39 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1948
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.4° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 27.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.94° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.65° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.