The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 20, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
1:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1182
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -9.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.95° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.11° / -6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.15° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.