The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1992
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
10:00 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 860
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 | 222.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 283.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.53° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.84° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.