The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 2019
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
7:46 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1194
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.43° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.83° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.