The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 2152
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
7:03 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2838
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -26.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.86° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.38° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.