The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 18, 2184
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
2:55 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3234
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -6.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.69° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.07° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.99° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.