The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 18, 2114
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
6:02 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2368
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 4:13 AM, is deepest at 5:13 AM and ends at 6:12 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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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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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -25.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.17° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.