The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 2169
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
2:20 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3048
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 | 280.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / -1.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.01° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.62° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.