The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
1:33 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -55
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 | 116.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.84° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.68° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| 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.