The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
1:39 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 984
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 | 109.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 73.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -13.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.03° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.32° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.