The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 18, 2178
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
11:19 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3160
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.80° / -2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.18° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.