The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 18, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
1:28 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1219
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 | 106.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 75.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.59° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.51° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.