The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 18, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
2:43 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2900
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.5° / 59.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.76° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.19° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| 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.