The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 18, 1927
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
10:24 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 56
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 | 230.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -10.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.67° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.45° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.06° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.