The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 23, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
3:04 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1182
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 51.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.12° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.52° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.