The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 2084
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
5:58 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1997
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.0° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -25.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.94° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.