The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 21, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
1:54 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1182
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -12.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.60° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.48° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.94° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| 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.