The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 18, 2197
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
11:13 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3395
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 | 35.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 16.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.59° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.35° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.