The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 18, 2011
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
9:47 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1095
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 | 219.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -4.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.55° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.42° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.