The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
5:41 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 217
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 | 171.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 327.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.88° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.94° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.