The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1908
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
10:47 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -179
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / -3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.37° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.96° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.