The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 1951
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
5:38 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 353
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.27° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.74° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 199.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.