The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 2000
Waning Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
8:04 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 959
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.11° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.25° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.