The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
4:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 687
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 | 159.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.5° / 355.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.71° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.52° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.