The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% 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
5:49 PM
2:43 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 415
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 | 133.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.0° / 57.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.77° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.11° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.