The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 18, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
2:11 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 885
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.50° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.71° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.