The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 18, 1943
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
7:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 254
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 | 196.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -16.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.54° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.85° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| 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.