The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 18, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
5:09 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1157
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 | 164.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 341.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.87° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.93° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| 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.