The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 18, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
3:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 316
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 | 152.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.6° / 20.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -27.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.33° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.51° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.