The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 1984
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 761
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -4.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.80° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.45° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.