The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
4:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 922
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 | 160.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.5° / 352.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.07° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.72° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| 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.