The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 2158
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
12:32 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2912
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 | 256.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 261.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.35° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.19° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.