The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 2177
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
12:51 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3147
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 | 260.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 261.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -0.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.13° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.90° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.98° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.