The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 18, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
2:09 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 180
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 Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.31° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.88° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.