The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
4:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1182
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.9° / 1.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -20.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.00° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.12° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.