The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 2092
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
5:14 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2096
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 340.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.66° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.61° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.