The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 18, 2162
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
12:08 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2962
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 4.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.28° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.85° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.