The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 22, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
2:27 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1182
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.97° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.73° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.