The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 18, 2089
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
3:12 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2059
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 49.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -12.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.47° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.60° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.