The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1981
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
7:37 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 724
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 | 197.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.37° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.47° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.